Classic Albums DVD series

SinisterMinisterX

SinisterMinisterX

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The Classic Albums DVD Series rocks. Show some love for it, brothers.

My collection of them (all of these physical, I don't download these):
Iron Maiden, The Number Of The Beast
Elton John, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Meat Loaf, Bat Out Of Hell
Metallica, The Black Album
Queen, A Night At The Opera
The Who, Who's Next
Frank Zappa, Apostrophe / Over-Nite Sensation

And the newest, just purchased today: Jimi Hendrix, Electric Ladyland

The thing I love about these is when they put the original master tapes back on the studio board and remix it right there, dropping out or soloing tracks to reveal details that are hard to hear in the full mix. On the Zappa DVD, they actually found a vocal track by Tina Turner they didn't even know was there.
 
I like Judas Priest, British Steel as well. Not as good as Maiden's but still nice. Funny to learn how the sounds on Metal Gods were made.

shaking knives and forks(?) on some plate, throwing them up and down.
 
I heard it described as shaking Ringo Starr's silverware tray. And while it's a clever trick, the fact that a Beatle was involved is what makes it cool for me.
 
Wow, thanks for the tip (and link).  Lots of good albums on there.  I know it was the most popular, but my biggest surprise was to see Hysteria, rather than Pyromania.

Looks like something new I have to get my hands on. 

Again, SMX, two thumbs up! :ok: :ok:
 
There's a few gems to be found in the series, when they play with the master tapes...

The Metallica song "Wherever I May Roam" fades out with Kirk soloing. On the DVD, they leave the master turned up and drop out the vocals so you can hear the solo until the band stopped playing in the studio.

Similarly, they let you hear the full ending of "Love Lies Bleeding" on the Elton John DVD - that bit where the whole band is playing like crazy.

On the Who's Next DVD, they solo Roger Daltrey's vocal and Keith Moon's drums in the second (rocking) half of "Behind Blue Eyes", to show how Keith based his fills off Roger's vocal.

On the Meat Loaf, they solo Rundgren's lead guitar track on "Bat Out Of Hell" - the part where he makes the motorcycle sound, and it smoothly transforms into a solo.
 
I've got TNotB one recorded but I haven't got around to watching it. Nice to know it'll be a good watch when I do watch it though.
 
Forostar said:
I like Judas Priest, British Steel as well. Not as good as Maiden's but still nice. Funny to learn how the sounds on Metal Gods were made.

shaking knives and forks(?) on some plate, throwing them up and down.
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SMX was right, it was Ringo's cutlery tray.

Still, after watching that bit and finding out how it was done sort of took away the mystique of it all - if you see what I mean.


I must admit, I do intend to get the odd one or two, but I'd wished Metallica's effort was Master of Puppets.
 
Albie said:
I'd wished Metallica's effort was Master of Puppets.
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Probably wouldn't be as interesting for the DVD. The making of MOP was comparatively uneventful. The making of the Black Album nearly broke Metallica up at some points.
 
Queen's "A Night at the Opera" was on TV last night.  Great.  By the way, that Brian May is a pretty decent guitar player.  Understatement alert.
 
I have to shock you all by saying that I only have the Dark Side of the Moon DVD, and have seen the Maiden and Queen ones once. And yes, they are brilliant, essential viewing for any fan of the respective bands, and rock music in general.

As much as I enjoyed the Pink Floyd one, and I really did, there was one thing that really bothered me about it. They had David Gilmour replaying the Time solo in the studio, and it was the greatest rendition of any solo that I had ever heard... but then they suddenly cut and played the album track over it. That actually spoiled the whole thing a bit for me.
 
SinisterMinisterX said:
The thing I love about these is when they put the original master tapes back on the studio board and remix it right there, dropping out or soloing tracks to reveal details that are hard to hear in the full mix.
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That's what I love about the series too. It's also great to hear insights from the band members/producers on the making of the album.

Mega said:
I have Maiden's, it's pretty great.
It's the one with Bruce narrating, right?
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I think that's the one. Dickinson is sort of narrating, and then he starts running from the rover (giant white ball from The Prisoner t.v. series).
 
I thought it was great to see a preview of the Rock in Rio DVD. A lot of humour as well, e.g. that story of the intro of The Prisoner is priceless.
 
Forostar said:
that story of the intro of The Prisoner is priceless.
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The one where Rod had to call the actor (forgot his name) and the reply was "Do it!"?  I've heard it somewhere else since I don't have these DVDs.  Probably in The Early Days.
 
I read about it in the commentary when it was up.

Someone should really put it back up again,
 
Really?  What browser are you using?  Have you tried at home/work/any place other than the one you use normally to connect to the internet?

I tried just now, and it works for me.
 
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